耶和華啊，早晨你必聽我的聲音

亨利·沃恩（Henry Vaughn, 1621-1695）著
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第3節：「耶和華啊，早晨你必聽我的聲音；」

當你眼一早先打開，要容許你的心，

依樣而行；我們身體只是先走一步，

在靈甦醒之前：真誠之心擴展升高，

向着他們的上帝，如花朵向着太陽；

將第一個意念交給祂，你便會保持

整日與祂同行，並且在祂裡面安眠，

但切勿貪睡到日出之後；禱告應當

與晝一同破曉，例定時辰大而可畏，

專為你我與天傾心吐意；嗎哪變臭，

在日出之後，因太陽使花失其顏色。

要比太陽更早起；貪睡使眾罪飽餐，

世界之門關閉之時，天門隨即開啟，

與你周圍受造物同行；留意其安寧

傾聽他們彼此耳語。沒有一個泉源

或樹葉，不在早晨唱詩歌頌；灌木

橡樹都認識永恆主——你還能不歌唱？

喔，遠離諸般思慮愚妄！按這路行，

你必得祝福，凡事順利，終日亨通。

亨利·沃恩（Henry Vaughn, 1621-1695）

譯註：英國詩人，生於1621，歿於1695，對後來的詩歌作者華茲華斯有很大影響。

“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord."

When first thy eyes unveil, give thy soul leave
To do the like; our bodies but forerun
The spirit’s duty: true hearts spread and heave
Unto their God, as flowers do to the sun;
Give him thy first thoughts, then, so shalt thou keep
Him company all day, and in him sleep.
Yet never sleep the sun up; prayer should
Dawn with the day, there are set awful hours
‘Twixt heaven and us; the manna was not good
After sun-rising, for day sullies flowers.
Rise to prevent the sun; sleep doth sins glut,
And heaven’s gate opens when the world’s is shut.

Walk with thy fellow creatures; note the hush
And whisperings amongst them. Not a spring
Or leaf but hath his morning hymn; each bush
And oak doth know I AM—canst thou not sing?
O leave thy cares and follies! Go this way,
And thou art sure to prosper all the day.

Henry Vaughn, 1621-1695.

摘錄自司布真（Charles Spurgeon）著，《大衛寶庫》，詩篇第五篇